Tibet

Chapter 466
The debriefing meeting ended in less than an hour. Gao Lishi invited Li Ye to his official room, and said with a smile, "Congratulations Li Dudu!"

Li Ye was overjoyed and said quickly, "The Son of Heaven agrees to increase troops?"

Gao Lishi asked his subordinates to serve tea for Li Ye, and then he said calmly, "Didn't Governor Li feel the emperor's intention to hold a debriefing meeting today?"

Li Ye pondered for a moment and said: "It feels like a humble job, the emperor seems to be telling everyone the importance of preventing the Tubo army from advancing westward."

"That's right, Gao Xianzhi also said before that the Tubo army would use Tocharo to attack Anxi, and he repeatedly suggested to the emperor that the Tang army should control Tocharo.

The battle of juzhanti in your report today is to open up a shortcut to Tocharo, and ultimately to prevent the Tubo army from advancing westward. The emperor hopes that you can complete the battle of Xiaobolu and fail to complete the cause. "

Li Ye smiled wryly and said: "I am also willing to share the worries of the emperor, but I have also said that the 1 Hezhong Army is not the opponent of the Tubo Army."

Gao Lishi nodded, "The plan you mentioned earlier was to send [-] troops from Beiting and Anxi to reinforce Hezhong. The emperor felt that this plan was unreasonable, so the emperor decided to adopt another plan and appointed you as Anxi Jiedu envoy and Hezhong commander. Commander, in this way you will have [-] troops in your hands, enough to fight Dabolu's [-] Tubo troops."

Li Ye was stunned for a moment, and appointed himself as Anxi Jiedu envoy, what about Feng Changqing?
Gao Lishi said again slowly: "Jiedu Envoy of Beiting Wang Zhengjian is too old to perform his duties, Feng Changqing will be appointed as Jiedu Envoy of Beiting, and you will be appointed as Jiedu Envoy of Anxi."

Li Ye sighed secretly. Dugu Jun was probably the most disappointed one. He thought he would have a chance to take over Wang Zhengjian's position as Jiedushi, but the emperor didn't think about him.

"How about it, can you accept it?" Gao Lishi asked with a smile.

How could Li Ye not agree? He immediately bowed and said: "Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty. I will definitely live up to his trust in my humble position."

Gao Lishi said again: "Your Majesty has another idea. You will send one million gold coins from Suiye to the imperial court. As a reward for your attachment to the imperial court, your father will be the servant of the household department!"

Chi Guoguo's sale of officials and nobles turned out to be something that the dignified emperor did. Li Ye knew that Li Longji had planned it long ago. When he said that Suiye still had more than 150 million gold coins, his eyes suddenly became deep, and he was tempted. up.

Just combining the two things that he donated 100 million gold coins and his father was promoted to the Minister of Household Affairs, it feels a bit different.

But it’s okay to think about it. Compared with Yang Guozhong who was promoted from a local rogue to prime minister in just a few years, at least he spent money, at least his father was from a professional background and had been an official for nearly 20 years.

There were so many absurd things in the Tang Dynasty, why bother to care about such trivial matters.

Li Ye returned to the mansion with a lot of worries. Seeing her son's serious expression, Pei Sanniang couldn't help worrying: "Ye'er, did you pass the job report today?"

"no!"

Li Ye shook his head, "Today's job report is just going through the motions, the emperor didn't make things difficult for me."

"Then why are you looking so sad?"

"I just feel a little distressed and gave the emperor several million gold coins."

Pei Sanniang said with a smile: "It's not your money, what's there to feel bad about, you don't need to spend it now, it will be used for you when you are next in office, the favor is still taken by others, that's a loss!"

My mother has always been very smart in calculating small accounts like this. Li Ye smiled and said: "The effect is not bad after using it. The emperor promoted me to the governor of Anxi and the governor of Hezhong."

"Okay! What about your father? Has he kept his position as servant?"

"Daddy is still a servant, but not a servant of the Ministry of Rites, but a servant of the Ministry of Households instead."

"Has the Minister of Household Affairs been promoted a little higher?" Pei Sanniang didn't know much about officialdom.

"The official rank is similar, but the status is high, and the real power is also more. From now on, there will be no shortage of various specialties in the family."

"why?"

"Mother, the servant of the household department is in charge of money. The court only has so much money. It is up to the servant of the household department to decide which government office or county to give first."

"That's it! Wouldn't it be annoying to death?" Li Ye gave a thumbs up, and it was still his mother who saw it clearly, with great power and many troubles.

At this time, Pei Sanniang remembered something again, and said to Li Ye: "You said that Liu Wutong came today, and I signed a letter of employment with him, hiring him to be your father's bodyguard, [-] yuan a month, and then he still has money. The five subordinates will also participate in the guards, and each will pay ten guan a month, that's fine!"

"No problem. I have confirmed all his subordinates. All of them are highly skilled in martial arts, and they are dedicated to their duties. Liu Wutong is extremely skilled in martial arts. He can become Zhang Consort's warrior commander. Naturally, he has his own advantages. You can use it, and give it to him every year." They raise a little money."

"You don't need to tell me this, I know what to do?"

"What about them?"

"Clean up empty rooms in the west courtyard."

My father has three staff members who currently live in the east courtyard. The west courtyard was originally reserved for Li Tengkong's master and apprentice. Once the warriors came, there would be no room for them.

Li Ye began to think about whether it is possible to buy the house next door and make another yard.

At this moment, the housekeeper ran over in a panic and said, "Madam, there are so many gift-giving officials coming outside, and we can hardly stop them."

Pei Sanniang was stunned, "What gift?"

"I don't know, it seems that there are dozens of officials who entered the concert hall, and they all have various special products."

Li Ye suddenly understood that his father's appointment had already come down, and the guys in the Zouyuan had a very keen sense of smell.

Li Ye hurriedly said: "Butler Liu, let Liu Wutong and the others stop it!"

"They've gone."

Pei Sanniang was at a loss, "Ye'er, your father is not here, what should we do?"

"Mom, I'm here! Such a small thing."

When Li Ye walked to the gate, there were at least seventy or eighty officials outside, almost all of whom entered the Zouyuan from all over the country. Each has its own office, and they come to court every day, basically the same as court officials.

In addition, they are also responsible for liaising with each other and maintaining a good relationship with court officials. The main thing is to treat guests to dinner, and also to send gifts to the door during New Years and holidays.

Generally speaking, they are local specialties, almost all of which are tributes. The imperial court allows it. Officials can accept a little gift of local specialties that are not expensive, and maintain a good relationship with the local government. As for whether there will be a little money in it. ,I do not know.

"Everyone, please be quiet and don't be anxious. I'll give you a few words first."

Li Ye was so angry that the officials became quiet.

"Li Ye, the governor of Xiahezhong, I guess you are not giving me gifts."

Everyone smiled knowingly, and someone shouted: "Director Li is willing to accept it, and we promise to deliver it!"

"Forget it, I received it with good intentions, and it's the same when I gave it to my father. My father has always been honest and upright. He has never accepted a penny in bribes. Unless you send tens of thousands of taels of silver, I can accept it for him. Otherwise, thousands of taels of silver Don't give away a few hundred taels of silver, so as not to damage my father's feathers, do you understand what I mean? Souvenirs can be accepted, but money is not accepted. To put it bluntly, I just dedicated it to the emperor 300 million gold coins, I don't like the little money you give me."

The crowd was in an uproar. They had just donated 300 million gold coins to the emperor, and everyone was stunned.

"Let's line up, everyone! I asked Mr. Xu to register, and then left a post in the special products. If there are red envelopes and the like, take them away quickly. I angered my father. The loss outweighs the gain."

Seven or eighty people lined up, and someone quietly took out the red envelope stuffed in the special product. Mr. Xu was his father's staff, named Xu Yuan, and he was responsible for registration. Liu Wutong led several warriors to maintain order.

At this moment, a carriage drove up from a distance, and Li Dai came back. Through the window of the car, he looked at the long queue at the door of the house, and he couldn't help but look confused.

(End of this chapter)